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Ellsworth American., 1887-03-17
Sketches of the Early History of Bluehill
with Notes and Incidents of a Later
Period.


Among the most ambitious, enterprising
and influential men of the early settlers OF
this town was John Peters, Esq. He was
the son of John Peters of Andover. Mass
and was born in that town Aug I, l1il;
and, bv the way, think once heard r.
&. W Dodge-a grandson of Mr.. Peters,
and who took quite a deep interest in the
early history of Bluehill, and in the gene
alogies of the Peters and Dodge families
once remark that in tracing the history of
the descendants of the original Peters
family. who first came to this country. he
found over twenty called by the name OF
John. The Bluehill John Peters came to
this town about the year 1863. He was
farmer and land surveyor and with the
assistance of his son James, surveyed the
township and run it out into 100 acre lots
and made plan on a rather large scale,
which is still preserved and now i'll
the town clerks office, and from which
several copies have been made. and III
many of the deeds, subsequently made,
reference is had. according to the Peters
plan" For many years he was in the EN-
ployment of the agents of the Bingham
estate and surveyed many townships in
the Penobscot purchase, in Hancock and
Washington counties. He will long be
remembered as his surveys are the founda-
tions for large majority of the deeds of
ands in those counties. He was strong,
leading man in the community and had the
confidence and respect of the great num-
Der of people who knew him in business
matters and in social circles.
Bv the records of the town it appears
that he was repeatedly elected to fill the
most important offices, and member of
special and important committees and was
very influential and active in the affairs OF
the new settlement, laboring hard for the
best interest of all concerned in its pros
perity and welfare. As member OF the
Congregational church he was active and
liberal in his contributions for its support
and also in the interest of the common
schools. In his disposition he was kind
and remarkably social, and noted for his
sterling integrity and for his many acts OF
charity, benevolence and liberality. One
among his liberal acts, was the gift OF the
bell for the old meeting g-house-which was
burned the first Sabbath in January, 1912,
instead of 1910, as stated in sketches No
land from the ruins this old historic
bell, which had summoned the people to-
gether for the worship of God, for so
many years, was taken in its broken and
half molten condition and was, with an
additional quantity of metal re-cast, and is
now in the belfry of the new house. The
first time the old bell was ever rung was
Ellsworth American., 1887-03-17
Obedience to God.
Bluehill, Mar. 10, 1887.

Obedience to Gods laws is obedience to
God; for Gods laws extend to the min
utest transactions of every day life, as
well as to every moral excellence and every
Christian virtue. The laws of our being,
which are Gods laws for the government of
man, extend to temperance, chastity, charity,
self-sacrifice, purity, truthfulness, faith
fulness in labor, and to every other virtue
which goes to make up character and man
hood. Obedience to Gods laws, in short,
means not only the cultivation of every
moral virtue with which God has ordained
TO bless mankind, but strict adherence to
all that His laws require of us in all the
departments of our nature, such as body,
mind and soul.
Ellsworth American., 1887-03-17
Patents Granted

To citizens of the New England States
during the past week and reported express
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patent lawyers, Washington, ID. c.
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W. +. Cummings, Bradford, VT. car
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Ellsworth American., 1887-03-17
Foreign News s.

The steamer Valparaiso was wrecked
on the Spanish coast, Tuesday. Her hun
dreds of passengers We're saved A chi
nese Junk has been wrecked between
Haiman and Siam, and nearly 900 people
drowned. All the craters of Mauna Loa
are in state of activity. The Prince OF
Wales is home from his continental tour.
Spain will maintain an armed neutrality in
case of war in Europe. 1t Is rumored
that Italy has entered into an alliance with
Austria in case of Russian war or to fur
nish troops for Germany should France
fight her Details from the scene of the
earthquake shock continue to arrive and
confirm all the horrors previously related
as well as add new ones. Relief cnn-
mittees are being organized throughout
the country, but it is impossible TO supply
the needy with necessities \ bill VIII ne
introduced in parliament for credit OF
81 900 600 for relief purposes ne loss
to property in Italy is set at Sto,ODNopO.
most of it falling on villagers. 1t i pre-
dicted that shocks will occur on March
and IA, April and 3 and in the middle Of
September and October, the qualicS being
accompanied by terrible storms. The So
cialSts attended service in st, PaulS. Lor-
don, Sunday and the archbishop preached
from the text The rich and the poor
meet together etc. Prince Alexander L.
getting over his attack Of yariolpid Thr q.
French Senate has adjourned until March
:, after the budget ~ modified by the
DEPUTIES There was S75r.uGp fire in
Wellington. New Zealand, saturday. Two
assa>Sins were arrested in Odessa, SUNDAY,
rs they were about to sail for Turkey.
They were uihili~ts, and had murdered the
family of thriI employer ten persons, and
stolen 500 ,OOo rouhlc~ from the dead.
Ellsworth American., 1887-03-17
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Editor Of EHsrorth american:
| thought few words from far off
Dakota might be interesting to the readers
of your valuable paper
The particular region wish to describe
is that lying in the Missouri slope, just In
the edge of what is marked on the maps as
the Coteans.
There are three things which always
make country desirable or undesirable,
viz: climate, soil and water.
A more inyigorating air need not be de-
sired. An elevation of 1850 feet above the
sea level gives us an atmosphere so
pure and dry that sickness is a great rarity
among Us. If one feature of the country
is praised more than another, by the set
tiers here, it is the hcalthiness of the eli
mate.
our prevailing winds are from the west
and northwest. Sweeping down the noun
tain passes from the Pacific Ocean, laden
with the uneXpendcd heat from the warm
Japan current they give to the Missouri
slope, even in midwinter, a genial atmos-
phere Such winds are called Chinook
winds and are always welcome.
Rains are most frequent in May and
June Just the time to benefit crops, but
we never have a long dreary week with no
sun. one day without seeing old Soils face
is very uncommon Even though the
weather be severe, we almost always have
a lovely sunshine.
lis true we have some very cold wealth
er here, but with such a dry air, 40 deg.
below zero is as easily endured as 20 deg.
below in the Mississippi Valley and per
haps no more severe than zero in the
damp latitude of the Atlantic slope.
Perhaps the most disagrecable feature of
the country IL the high winds, yet these
have never been known to reach a cyclone
in North Dakota.
The soil is rich in mineral as we'll a
vegetable deposits The black soil varies
from a few inches to several feet in depth.
The great scologi>t, Prof. Denton, after Il
thorough investigation Of the soil. said at
the LAYING Of the corner stone Of the Court
House al Bismarck You have here soil,
or rather a succession of soils, IN some IN
stances eighty feet in depth, every foot OF
which i richer than the richest IN Ne"
England"
Dakota yields her haryc>tN lavi>hly. All
the cereals are grown here. oats have
been known to yield one hundred bushels
per acre From nifty to seventy may be
considered the average. Wheat averages
twenty TO twenty-five bushels per acre
Nowhere are such lovely vegetables raised
aS in Dakota, Potatoes often weigh
four pounds each. The long amount of
daylight III tie growing season. gives such
4 rapid growth ~ vegetation that ve2e-
tables are very sweet and tender, The
dry atmosphere i of such preserving
nature, that bcct~, cabha@r>. Sc, may he
easily Kept until the new crop i large
enough for use.
Thi~ portion Of the country ! also well
adapted - grazing Il has iuNurlant
growth Of wild gra~~ which retains IL
uutrimrnt all winter. 'att" Will @ra/'
and do well in midwintrr whenever the
grass j. not buried under the snow. Farm
cr~ leave of feeding their cattle A. >""n
a. the >uuw disappears lu the NprIh@.
our prarir~ are by no mean, dead
Ellsworth American., 1887-03-17
I From Our Regular Correspondent.
Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON. Mar. !, 1887.


The marble halls of the Capitol are de-
serted The 10th Congress has passed into
history. Whatever may be said of the
quality of its work, it is a fact that no
previous Congress has equaled it in the
amount of work accomplished. 1t has
presented more measures. passed more
bills, and had more bills vetoed than any
other Congress in the history of the coun
try. Among the important bills passed by
the present Congress are the Interstate
Commerce bill, the Electoral Count bill the
Presidential Succession bill; Mexican Pen
sion; granting land in severalty to In
dians: Canadian Fishery retaliation bill; "A
bill repeating the Tenure of Oflice Act and
one for the increase of the Navy.
Congress failed to revise the tariff and to
reduce the war taxes, which are pouring
SlO0, 900, 200 annually into the Treasury in
excess of the legitimate needs of the gov
ernmcnt 1t is this great surplus fund
that has invited the rapaciouS raids upon
the Treasury that have been made during
the past four years, and the past Congress
was elected to prevent this surplus accum-
ulation by reducing taxes. TO continue
this onorou> and useless taxation is "A neg
lect of duty SO great as to almost ehacc the
good which the past Congress has
done
The radical cure for such state Of af-
fairs a was seen during the closing hours
of Congress cannot be found by simply
putting a different Representative at the
head of the committee on appropriations.
Neither would it be cured by distributing
all the appropriations among separate com
mittccs The real trouble about our sy>
TEN Of legislation is that there l. no head
upon whom the responsibility Of failure
can be visited When Congress does not
do it, duty. or performs its functions bad
w. it i only the country that suffers.
When good legislation is enacted the
country /, benefited, but the party and
men whose efficient work ha~ passed the
hill are not rewarded What we need i
Cabinet responsible for lrgi>latiun
constitutional amendment requiring mem
bcr~ of the Presidents cabinet to be mem
hers of one or the other House of Con
grc~> would do more than any other
measure to bring order ont Of our lcgi>-
lativc chaos This j. the great reform
which would bring the Executive and Leg
i>lativr brauchc, Of our government
into harmony and facilitate the work Of
Ellsworth American., 1887-03-17
lyr4lstpnr1n
STATE OF MAINE.

Clerks Office, Supreme Judicial Court, Hancock
count :, Ellsworth, Mar 6, 1887.
Notice as required by law IL hereby given tna'
Elmer Pearl sponord, Of Deer Isle, hanGoca 1nst y
.onrts in This county of Hancock. notice OF MS
intention to apply at the next term Of the supreme
Judicial court to be holden at Eliswotn, I'd rnnd
T,asday of AnriI. A. D., 1887, for admission to
nractics law in the courts of this state ,-
srIo II. B. SAUNDERS, Clerk
Ellsworth American., 1887-03-17
FOR SCROFULA. IMPOVERISHED
RI0OD AND GENERAL DEBILITY.

SCOTS Emulsion Of Pure God LtUer or
pih Hypophosphtes, has no equal in the
whole realm of Medicine. Read the following
IL gave one bottle of Scott's Emulsion 10 my
own child for Scrofula, an6 the effect was mar
velous."-O. F. GRAY, NJ. D., White Hall,
Ind
Ellsworth American., 1887-03-17
CONSUMPTION,

which is scrofuIous Disease of the
Lungs, is promptly and certainly arrested
and cured hy this God-giNCD remedy, If taken
before the last stages of the disease reached.
From its wonderful power over this terribly
fatal disease. when first Offering tbs nov eel
ehratod remedy ~ thc public, lr HirRCT
sumptio on Cure. - 'ut abandoned that name
rs tpu buut'i for medicine win II. iipl1 IFS
ing. Alternative oT blood cleansing, a,'t4 bilious
IctprhI. and uutritiVc props Itrs, Is un'-i iIE.cd,
not only remedy A.. "pLsGmvt!oa Of the
lAmEs hut for all
Ellsworth American., 1887-03-17

--''I will add" concluded the young man
applying for a situation, THAT am col
lege graduate" "Oh, that won't make
any difference" was the reassuring reply,
''if you stick to your work; and, besides,
we want somebody about the place who Is
strong enough to carry in coal
Ellsworth American., 1887-03-17

,
among their numerous family was the late
Hon. Joseph T. Hinckley, of whom l in
tend to speak in the near future. Polly
married James Chase and among their
large family of children was the late NJ
X. Chase, master mariner, vessel build
er, merchant and an extensive and success
full granite contractor.
Sally, born Feb 2. 1850; married Reuben
Dodge of Bluehill, Jan. l6, 1893. He died
Dee 30 1880. His widow died Sept. 10,
1880 They had two sons and nine daugh-
tiers. But as Mr.. Dodge was one of the
most influential, respected and highly es-
teemcd men of those days, intend to
speak Of him, his wife and children more
particularly hereafter
Charlotte. born Jan. |. 1882, married
Sabin Pond, of Boston, Aug. II. 1905. He
was son of Eli Pond of Medway, Mass.
born there Jan. II. l775. He resided in
Boston and Ellsworth. He died in orono,
whittier he had gone on business, May l6,
1876 his wife died Sept. 10, 1898. Their
children wcre-Sabin. born in Ellsworth,
Dec Is. 1909: married Miss Caroline 7.
Fav. of Boston. Aug. 10, 1888 He died
in Ellsworth. oct I. 1886. Mrs. Pond re-
sides in Bangor. Their daughter married
Dr. Eugene +. Sanger, of Bangor, Dec ?,
l>57.) and Charlotte Hin Pond, born Dec.
-, lsl2
Edward Dyer. born Nov. II, l7s5. He
was Il distinguished merchant of fine
position for his life time. in Boston. where
he died oct 2I, ls56. He married Miss
I.ucrctia Mcclure of Boston, May %, 1877;
She died Sept II. leG2; children all born
in Boston Edward r., Lucretia. Thomas
Mcclure Episcopal clergyman. Doctor Of
Divinity Rector Of -. Michacr> church.
New York city, married Miss Alice
Clari>>a Richmond. of New York. June %,
I-4-. fourteen children.
George H., born June, l~23. Boston ncr-
chant married Miss NJ \. Williams OF Bo~
ton oct -. l>47 and ha, children Henry
II born MAY %, 1925 died in Boston. l,-5,
Married. fir,t Miss Susan ThaNtcr and
second Miss Emily Bradley live children.
Andrew j. born Feb ., l>29: married
Miss Mar, whitney Of Koxbury. one SON
MARY Ann. born June u, leao; married
B W. Hall Of Hartford. Conn. She died
Dee 1. le1a; he died Sept 70. l-~1, three
children Franri, n Born Feb. J l,aa:
,rarri-5 Mary Austin. Of sheffield. Conn.
oct :. l-l7: hVc children.
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Ar Indian Chief Thanksgiving Procla-
nation.

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memorate the goodness of the Great
Spirit by devotiny one day in this year to
THANKSGIVING in unison. 1t is good Gus
tnm ana should impress upon our minds a
trlth that every one ought to realize more
ana more as the days and hours succeed
each other in our short lives. That truth
i. th.t .yarvthinu ,y, have comes from
Ellsworth American., 1887-03-17


to receive his friends, and, in fact he had
but few. if any. enemies. think | have
heard it said that he provided dinner on
the occasion for all who came. But it is
rather singular that the first time this bell
was tolled. it was to announce his death,
and then again at the time of his funeral
He died Aug. 20, 1921. aged 50.
| think Mr.. Peters was one of those
(as stated in sketches No. l. and called
Improvement" , aS he, with Nathan Ellis
and George Stevens were the owners of
the island. which was, in those days, GOV
cred with a growth of large lumber. and
where they carried on "A numbering bust
ness for several years.
About the wear 1910 Mr. Peters built n
saw mill on permanent stone dam, which.
with some repairs. is still standing, The
water to supply this mill came from Moves
Pond. hy stream which has ever been
known as Peters mill stream" and the
mill a. Peters mill" and the cove near
the head of the bay, into which the water
runs has ever had the same name. The
logs to supply this mill were principally
cut and RATED from Long Island. He also
soon after built another saw mill about
100 rods further up the stream and the
logs to supply this mill were cut and
hauled from his back lot. In 1872 he cs-
tabli>hcd a ship-yard near his lower mill.
and set up the first vessel that was ever
built in the town, and when nearly COM
pctcd. in 1913. the wear the English cant
to Castinc. some Of the English officers
came over and seized her and rather than
have the vessel ConhSCatcd or burned, af-
ter long parcy he concluded 20 ransom
her hy paving what was then considered
quite large sum of money. He after
wards built other vessels in the same ward.
He married widow Mary Dyer Cushing
at Bluchll, July l. 100, She was horn at
Falmouth, Cape Elizabeth. NOV ~, E5o.
In l7is at the age Of Is Sc cam, 10 visit
her sister Mr. Joshua Horton. At Blue
hill. and. perhaps with another object in
view, wlSn Mr.. Peters, after a short ac-
quaintancc. icll in love with her and pro-
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PenGhscUt.
Following is the result of our annual
town meeting held March
Moderator-B. III. Cushman.
Clerk-A. Z. Narnum
Selectmen, Assessors, &c. X.
Bridges, L. B. Leach, w. J. Creamer.
Supervisor of Schools-Samuel Leach.
Treasurer and Colector-Gilbert Little
field.
Road Commissioner-Noah Norton